Romanus I of Byzantium

Romanus I of Byzantium (867-15 June 948) was the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 920 to 944, succeeding Constantine VII of Byzantium and preceding Stephen Lekapenos.

Biography
Romanus was born in 867 to the culturally-Greek House of Lekapenos (he was actually of Armenian descent), and he became a general of the Byzantine Empire. He seized power militarily in 920, and he continued his predecessor Constantine VII of Byzantium's war with the First Bulgarian Empire. Romanus also campaigned against the Arabs in the east, taking Edessa in 944. However, that year his son Stephen Lekapenos deposed him.